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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Amharic with Fexingo. I am Lucas, and this is Luna. Luna: Hi everyone. It is so good to be here again. Lucas: Yes. We have been doing a lot of weather lately. And food. And family. Luna: Right. My head is full of clouds and tomatoes. Lucas: Today we are going to the market. But a specific part of the market. Luna: Oh. The dairy section? Or the bakery? Lucas: Both. We are learning how to ask for two very important things. Luna: I love snacks. Let us go. Lucas: First item. Milk. In Amharic, it is ወተት. Luna: Wet-et. Okay. ወተት. Lucas: Good. Now, if you want to ask the shopkeeper if they have milk, you say ወተት አለህ? Luna: Wait. Wet-et ale-huh? Is that correct? Lucas: Exactly. ወተት አለህ? It means Do you have milk? Luna: Let me try. ወተት አለህ? Lucas: Perfect. You sound like a local already. Luna: Thank you. Now what about bread? I remember this one from episode 228. Lucas: Yes. Bread is ዳቦ. Da-bo. Luna: Da-bo. I got it. So, Do you have bread? Is it the same pattern? Lucas: It is exactly the same. Just swap the word. ዳቦ አለህ? Luna: Da-bo ale-huh? Do you have bread? Got it. Lucas: Great. Now imagine you walk into a small corner shop. It is morning. Luna: I see a man behind the counter. He looks busy. Lucas: So you walk up. You want milk first. What do you say? Luna: I say ወተት አለህ? Do you have milk? Lucas: He nods. He points to a bottle on the shelf. He asks the price. Luna: Oh no. I forgot how to ask the price. Lucas: No problem. We learned this before. It is simple. Yihis snit new? Luna: Yihis snit new? How much is this? Lucas: Correct. Yihis snit new? This is how you ask for any item. Luna: Okay. So I ask Yihis snit new? about the milk. Lucas: Yes. And if he says five birr, and you want to buy it... Luna: I say I will take this. In Amharic? Lucas: You say Yihis-n i wes da la lu. Luna: Yihis-n i wes da la lu. That is a mouthful. Lucas: It is long but useful. Yihis-n i wes da la lu. I will take this one. Luna: Let me repeat. Yihis-n i wes da la lu. Lucas: Very good. Now let us add cheese. We talked about cheese in episode 228. Luna: Ayib. Ayib. Lucas: Right. Ayib. So if you want to ask for cheese too... Luna: Ayib ale-huh? Do you have cheese? Lucas: Exactly. You can combine them. Ask for milk, then ask for cheese. Luna: This feels very practical. I can use this tomorrow. Lucas: That is the goal. Real life phrases. Luna: By the way, if you are enjoying these episodes, please consider supporting Fexingo. Lucas: We keep the show ad-free because of listeners like you. Luna: If you want to help us make more content, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Any contribution helps us stay consistent. Thank you for listening. Luna: Back to the market. Imagine I have the milk. I also want bread. Lucas: So you point to the bread. You ask the price. Luna: Yihis snit new? How much is this bread? Lucas: He says ten birr. You decide to buy both. Milk and bread. Luna: I say Yihis-n i wes da la lu. I will take this. Lucas: Or you can be specific. I will take the milk. I will take the bread. Luna: But Yihis-n i wes da la lu covers everything. It is efficient. Lucas: It is. Let us review the four phrases for today. Luna: Ready. First one. To ask for milk. Lucas: Wet-et ale-huh? Do you have milk? Luna: Second. To ask for cheese. Lucas: Ayib ale-huh? Do you have cheese? Luna: Third. To ask the price. Lucas: Yihis snit new? How much is this? Luna: Fourth. To say I will take this. Lucas: Yihis-n i wes da la lu. I will take this. Luna: Those are solid. I feel confident now. Lucas: You should be. Practice them at home or at the store. Luna: Thanks for teaching me, Lucas. Lucas: Thanks for practicing, Luna. See you next time.